Category Archives: Local News

Bill ThompsonWMAL.comhttps://cumuluspro.express-pro.socastcms.com/wmal-af/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2015/06/Bill-Thompson-for-web-Bradlee.mp3AUSTIN, TX — (CNN) Thousands of personal papers le...

WASHINGTON — Metro has announced it will NOT allow ANY issue-oriented advertising on buses and trains for the time being.This is a statement just released from WMATA:“Metro’s Board o...

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Secret Service and National Park Service officials are prepping for upgrades to the White House fence after several embarrassing security lapses in recent months.Authorities a...

INTERVIEW – MARYLAND STATE SENATOR CATHERINE PUGH – (Baltimore City) - discussed the crime problem in Baltimore.

Heather CurtisWMAL NewsWASHINGTON (WMAL) — The group that held the “Draw Muhammad” contest in Texas, which led to a shooting, wants to feature the winning drawing in an advertisement...

WASHINGTON (WMAL) — A regular at a D.C. restaurant left staff with a shock, and a $2,000 tip.The anonymous guest visited Blue 44 on Memorial Day because the executive chef James Turner had plann...

Alex BeallWMAL.comSTERLING (WMAL) — A Virginia agency is investigating last Thursday’s rock blast in Sterling, which originated in a quarry. The fly rock from the blast injured one person ...

John MatthewsWMAL.comSILVER SPRING — (WMAL) Score one for “Free-Range Parenting.”A Silver Spring couple under watch for possible child neglect because their children were allowed to ...

WASHINGTON (CNN)–One week after a prominent Washington couple, their son and housekeeper were found dead in a charred mansion, authorities arrested a suspect in the killings after tracking him f...

John MatthewsWMAL.comWASHINGTON — 37,648 people paid to see Bryce Harper and the Nationals face the ever-popular New York Yankees Wednesday night. What they got instead was a brief show of an um...